Wii Fit Plus

By Dave Rudden
October 06, 2009 16:22 PM PST
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In between counting the millions and millions of dollars Wii Fit undoubtedly made them, Nintendo probably paused with anxiety about how to follow the original hit excer-game up. Do you create an entirely new batch of workouts, knowing you've picked some of the best already? How do you satisfy the millions of customers who purchased the original Wii Fit while still making an attempt to reach out to even more customers?

ith a decent amount of fun new minigames and more intense exercises, Wii Fit Plus is worth paying $20 for. As far as fitness coaching goes, however, other titles have passed it by.

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Nintendo found the answer with Wii Fit Plus. Replacing the original Wii Fit in the Balance Board bundle, while selling for $20 standalone, adding a sizable amount of new content--more than a DLC update's worth--it's enough to make purchasers of the original dust off their board and curious customers willing to take the plunge. While it's a great value and a fun game that will surely get you off your couch, you should be aware it's not the best gaming workout option anymore.

The user-interface in Wii Fit Plus is largely the same--the game still boots u p to show all of your registered Miis in front of a chart that tracks their BMIs. From this menu, you can still choose to take a body test or engage in exercises and activities. What you'll notice is that just about every facet of the game has everything it had before, along with a handful of additions, and all of them are welcome.

The body test has been modified to include one standard fitness test, and another that taxes your brain alongside your bulk, so that your Wii Fit Age represents your mind and body, instead of just the latter. There are three additional yoga and strength exercises each, and all of them are among the most strenuous activities in the game. Can you make your body into a V shape while sitting on the balance board or lay your body completely flat two feet above the ground while supporting your body with only one foot? Wii Fit Plus will test your body a lot more than the original did.

Where Wii Fit Plus improves the most over the original is in the 15 new Training Plus games. In the same vein as the balance and aerobic games in the original, these aren't activities done in sync with an on-screen trainer. Rather, they're minigames, utilizing Miis, in which your actions on the board (and occasionally with the Nunchuck and Wii Remote) allow you to play minigames like riding a Segway scooter or engaging in a snowball fight.